Baby-cabbieb



Patented Apg. 29,1916.

W. LIPPINCOTT.

BABY CARRIER.

APPLlcAfoN FILED AUG.24. 1915.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

WALLACE LIPPINCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BABY-CARRIER.

To `all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE Lrrriiwoo'i'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements -in Baby-'Carriers, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to an improved baby carrier of that type which is adapted for attachment to the person carrying the child.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of this nature which may be suspended entirely from the shoulder; which maybe easily and quickly adjustedboth to the person and to the child; and which may be made up of flexible material so that it may be easily handled and folded up into relatively small space to be carried in the pocket or hand bag. c

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear from the following detail disclosure of the present embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved baby earrier in carrying position, the child and the person carrying the child being shown in dotted lines in their relative places. i seat and adjacent parts of the improved carrier. I

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a supporting strap adaptedto loop over the shoulder of a person carrying the child, and to extend down against one side and at the front of the person into the 'natural position usually taken by the arm in supporting the child. The supporting strap 10 is longitudinally adjustable by means of a buckle 11, or a like device to accommodate the carrier to persons of different sizes. The lower end or loop of the strap 10 is provided with a seat 12, the same comprising a separate relatively wide strip secured at its ends to the shoulder strap 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or comprising a widened integral portion 12a of the lower end or lo op of the strap 10. This seat 12 in both instances is relatively wide so as to provide for a comfortable and substantial support for the child. It is intended that the Fig. 2 is a plan view of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 29, 1916 Application led August 24, 1915.V Serial No. 47,042.

is adjusted, and to prevent the child from falling backward out of the carrier a back str ap 13 is provided. The strap 13 comprisesa short length of preferably flexible material secured at its ends to the supporting strap l0 at points spaced a short distance above the respective sides of the seat 12, and is adapted to extend across and ,support the back of the child when seated.

To hold the child from slipping forwardly from the'seat 12 between the same and the person upon-whom the carrier is adjusted, a retaining strap 14 is secured at its lower end to the forward edge of the seat 12 intermediate the ends thereof. This retaining strap 14 is adapted to pass upwardly between the legs of the child, and is, adjustably secured at its upper end, by means of a buckle 15, to a shoulder brace or connecting yoke 16. The yoke 16, as shown, is divided, the portions of which pass over the shoulders of the child from the buckle 15 to the back strap 13, and is secured at its rear end to the intermediate portion/of the back strap. It is thus seen that by adjusting the retaining strap 14 through the buckle 15 the retaining strap 14 and the yoke 16 are drawn taut to comfortably fit over a child of any size, and to hold the child from falling or slipping forwardly from the seat. i

It is designed to manufacture this baby carrier of flexible washable material, so that the saine may bereadily cleaned and may be easily folded or-rolled into compact form to lit in the pocket, hand bag, or the like, when not in use. In the use of the preferred form shown in the drawings, a single buckle 15 is used for tightening not only the retaining strap 14 and the yoke 16, comprising the upper end thereof, but also for drawing up and holding the back' strap 13; thus by one adjustment tting the entire carrier to the body of the child. The yoke 16 is of sufficient length and size to admit adjustment of the dezie to children of different sizes. As the retaining strap 14 passes upwardly between thelegs of the child, it prevents the child from slippingf'from'the-seat when the child stiiens itself or gets too near the edge of the seat.

The device may be first adjusted to the child and then raised into position, when the supporting strap 10 may be thrown over the shoulder and adjusted by means of the buckle 11. Also the shoulder strap 10 may be raised over the head and the child lowered before removing the device from the child.

claim 1. n a baby carrier, a supporting strap to be looped over the shoulderI of a person and adapted to support the child in its lower end, aback strap secured at its ends to the sides of said supportingstrap a short distance above the lower endthereof to engage and support the back of the child and form an open-front seat, a yoke secured to the back strap and adapted to pass over the shoulders and down the front of the child, and means for adjusting said yoke to children of various sizes.

2. In a baby carrier, a supporting strap adapted to be looped over the shoulder of the person carrying the child, and the lower loop of which forms a seat for the child, a back strap secured across the supporting strap above the lower end thereof and adapt- .ed to engage and support the back of the child, a retaining strap extending upwardly and forwardly from the lower end of 'the supporting strap for engagement with the nmbs of the Child 0 prevent the Child from slipping from the 'supporting strap, a yoke secured at one end tothe back strap for engagement over the shoulders of the child,

and a single adjusting means between the free ends of the yoke and the retaining strap for adjusting the yoke and the retaining and back straps about the body of the child.

8. ln a baby carrier, a supporting strap adapted for engagement with the shoulderl of the person carrying the child and having a seat portion at its lower end to support the child, straps at the vfront and rear of the seat portion for engagement about the body of the child, and a single buckle connecting the straps for adjusting the same to children of different sizes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALLACE merinoo'rr Witnesses:

J. HARRY WAGNER, ALBERT C. RICHTER. 

